New Psalm Settings

New Psalm Settings

On the First Sunday of Advent, the new Lectionary comes into force in the dioceses of England and Wales and Scotland. The 2024 Lectionary uses The Abbey Psalms and Canticles (2020) translation of the psalms. This is a revision of the Grail Psalms (1963) by the monks...
Finding Stuff

Finding Stuff

As the content of this website grows, we have introduced an index which allows you to find articles from the Society’s journal, Music & Liturgy, blog posts which have retained their currency, and material produced specially for this website. You will find...
Crichton Lecture 2024

Crichton Lecture 2024

The Crichton Lecture 2024 takes place on Saturday this week, 23 November, online (Zoom) at 11am. The lecture is free and open to all – both Society of St Gregory members and anyone else interested. Book your online place by emailing secretary@ssg.org.uk The 2024...
The Pattern of Scripture

The Pattern of Scripture

We are now in the final weeks of the Church’s year and the Scriptures used at Sunday Masses focus on the final revelation of the mystery of the Son of Man, who is Jesus, in the Gospel of Mark.  Today (Sunday 32) the story of the widow’s mite (Mark 12:38-44) and next...
New Carol

New Carol

Magnus Graham’s setting of the late medieval text, When Christ was born of Mary free, was highly commended by the adjudicators at this year’s Sacred Music Young Composers’ Competition, led by Dame Judith Weir, Master of the King’s Music.  Dame Judith commended Magnus’...